Ground-breaking ceremonies were held to inaugarate the beginning of construction of two new light-rail lines in Houston. Work will be starting on the Southeast Corridor Line and the Northline Corridor Line.

Both of these will connect more commuters to downtown and the present line, which goes from the University of Houston Downtown on the north to beyond Reliant Stadium on the south.

According to Click2Houston, “(F)ive light rail projects were selected nationwide to receive federal grant money. The two new lines METRORail lines are two of those projects. The north corridor and the southeast corridor will receive $150 million combined.”

Read more here about these and three other new Houston METRORail lines, which will soon be part of the Houston Metro System.